Wall mountable security case

Abstract

A wall mountable security case for use with a security system of a building may include a housing defining a cavity for receive a tablet computing device, wherein the cavity is defined by a back wall, a front wall and side walls extending between the back wall and the front wall. A communication unit may be housed by the housing and include one or more transceivers for communicated with security devices and/or other computing devices. The case may further include at least one tamper detector for detecting an unauthorized tampering, a controller housed by the housing and operatively coupled to the communication unit and the at least one tamper detector, a power input for receiving primary power and for providing the primary power to the communication unit and the controller, and a back-up battery.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A wall mountable security case for use with a security system of a building, the wall mountable security case mountable to a wall and comprising:
 a housing defining a cavity for receive a tablet computing device, wherein the cavity is defined by a back wall, a front wall and side walls extending between the back wall and the front wall; 
 a communication unit housed by the housing, wherein the communication unit includes:
 a first transceiver for receiving messages from one or more remotely located security devices of the security system of the building; and 
 a second transceiver for communicating with the tablet computing device when the tablet computing device is received by the cavity; 
 
 a controller housed by the housing and operatively coupled to the communication unit for communicating with the one or more remotely located security devices of the security system via the first transceiver and the tablet computing device via the second transceiver; 
 at least one tamper detector operatively coupled to the controller for detecting an unauthorized tampering with the wall mountable security case, wherein the at least one tamper detector includes a first sensor having a compressed configuration indicating no detected unauthorized tampering and an un-compressed configuration indicating a detected unauthorized tampering, the first sensor is maintained in the compressed configuration by both the tablet computing device and the wall when the tablet computing device is in the cavity of the housing and the wall mountable security case is mounted to the wall, and wherein the first sensor moves to the uncompressed configuration when either the wall mountable security case is removed from the wall or the tablet computing device is removed from the cavity of the housing; 
 a power input for receiving primary power and for providing the primary power to the communication unit and the controller; and 
 a back-up battery for providing back-up power to the communication unit and the controller when the primary power is unavailable. 
 
     
     
       2. The wall mountable security case of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to receive messages from one or more remotely located security devices of the security system of the building via the first transceiver and transmit corresponding messages to the tablet computing device via the second transceiver. 
     
     
       3. The wall mountable security case of  claim 1 , wherein the first transceiver is a wireless transceiver. 
     
     
       4. The wall mountable security case of  claim 2 , wherein the second transceiver is a wireless transceiver. 
     
     
       5. The wall mountable security case of  claim 4 , wherein the first transceiver operates in a lower wireless frequency band than the second transceiver. 
     
     
       6. The wall mountable security case of  claim 5 , wherein the first transceiver is operates in a frequency band that is less than 1 GHz, and the second transceiver operates in a frequency band that is greater than 1 GHz. 
     
     
       7. The wall mountable security case of  claim 6 , wherein the second transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver and/or a WiFi transceiver. 
     
     
       8. The wall mountable security case of  claim 3 , wherein the second transceiver is a wired transceiver. 
     
     
       9. The wall mountable security case of  claim 1 , wherein the first sensor comprises a push button switch and/or a limit switch that is compressed between the tablet computing device and the wall into the compressed configuration when the wall mountable security case is secured to the wall and the tablet computing device is installed in the cavity of housing. 
     
     
       10. The wall mountable security case of  claim 1 , wherein the front wall comprises a removable front plate that is removable to allow the tablet computing device to be installed in the cavity, and wherein the at least one tamper detector includes a second sensor that is positioned to detect removal of the removable front plate. 
     
     
       11. The wall mountable security case of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one tamper detector further includes one or more of a glass break detector, an acoustic detector and a shock detector. 
     
     
       12. The wall mountable security case of  claim 1 , wherein at least part of the front wall is transparent. 
     
     
       13. A wall mountable security system controller for controlling a security system a building, the wall mountable security system controller comprising:
 a tablet computing device, wherein the tablet computing device is loaded with an application program that is configured to provide a user interface for the security system of the building; 
 a wall mountable security case including:
 a housing defining a cavity for removably receiving the tablet computing device, wherein the cavity is defined by a back wall, a front wall and side walls extending between the back wall and the front wall; 
 a communication unit housed by the housing, wherein the communication unit includes:
 a first transceiver that is wireless and operates in a frequency band that is less than 1 GHz for receiving messages from one or more remotely located security devices of the security system of the building; and 
 a second transceiver that operates in a frequency band that is greater than 1 GHz for communicating with the tablet computing device when the tablet computing device is received by the cavity; 
 
 a controller housed by the housing and operatively coupled to the communication unit for communicating with the one or more remotely located security devices of the security system via the first transceiver and the tablet computing device via the second transceiver; 
 the controller including security system logic that is configured to perform one or more security system functions, including identifying one or more security alarm events based at least in part on one or more of the messages received from the one or more remotely located security devices via the first transceiver, and in response to identifying a security alarm event, transmitting a one or more security system messages to a remote location via the communication unit; 
 a power input for receiving primary power and for providing the primary power to the communication unit and the controller; and 
 a back-up battery for providing back-up power to the communication unit and the controller when the primary power is unavailable. 
 
 
     
     
       14. The wall mountable security case of  claim 13 , wherein the second transceiver is wireless transceiver. 
     
     
       15. The wall mountable security case of  claim 13 , wherein the second transceiver is a wired transceiver. 
     
     
       16. The wall mountable security case of  claim 13 , further comprising at least one tamper detector coupled to the controller for detecting an unauthorized tampering of the wall mountable security case. 
     
     
       17. The wall mountable security case of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one tamper detector is configured to detect an unauthorized removal of the tablet computing device from the cavity and/or unauthorized removable of the wall mountable security case from a wall. 
     
     
       18. A wall mountable security case for use with a security system of a building, the wall mountable security case comprising:
 a housing defining a cavity for receive a tablet computing device, wherein the cavity is defined by a back wall, a front wall and side walls extending between the back wall and the front wall; 
 a communication unit housed by the housing, wherein the communication unit includes:
 a wireless security transceiver that operates in a frequency band that is less than 1 GHz for receiving messages from one or more remotely located security devices of the security system of the building; 
 a Bluetooth transceiver for communicating with the tablet computing device when the tablet computing device is received by the cavity; and 
 a network transceiver for communicating over a network; 
 
 a controller housed by the housing and operatively coupled to the communication unit for communicating with the one or more remotely located security devices of the security system via the wireless security transceiver and the tablet computing device via the Bluetooth transceiver; 
 the controller including security system logic that is configured to perform one or more security system functions, including identifying one or more security alarm events based at least in part on one or more of the messages received from the one or more remotely located security devices via the first transceiver, and in response to identifying a security alarm event, transmitting a one or more security system messages to a remote location via the communication unit; 
 a power input for receiving primary power and for providing the primary power to the communication unit and the controller; and 
 a back-up battery for providing back-up power to the communication unit and the controller when the primary power is unavailable. 
 
     
     
       19. The wall mountable security case of  claim 18 , wherein the network transceiver comprises a WiFi transceiver. 
     
     
       20. The wall mountable security case of  claim 18 , wherein the network transceiver comprises a cellular transceiver.